TB Free England

Bovine TB (bTB) devastates thousands of farming family businesses every year and tens of thousands of cattle are culled annually in England because of it. Find out more about bTB, its impact, and why we must use all available options to make England TB free.

A devastating test for Dorset dairy farmer Paul

Nearly a quarter of his herd are set to be destroyed after they tested positive for bovine TB.

Thirty one of the reactors were in calf heifers, which will have a significant impact on his herd.

TB Free England spoke to Paul before the cows went. He said: “It’s not only losing the animals now it’s losing the unborn calves inside them. Potentially I’m losing fifteen replacements for next year and the year after.”